Haryana on Wednesday registered 14 more coronavirus deaths, taking the death toll to 2765, while 807 fresh cases pushed the State’s infection tally to 2,55,014, according to the health department’s daily bulletin.

The fresh fatalities included two each from Gurugram, Sonepat, Hisar, Panipat and one each from Faridabad, Ambala, Karnal, Panchkula, Jhajjar and Fatehabad districts, it said.  Among the districts which reported a big spike in cases included Gurgaon (230) and Faridabad (180), according to the bulletin. The number of active cases in the state currently stands at 7573 while the recovery rate is 95.95 percent, it said.

 ANIL VIJ IN ICU AFTER LNG INFECTION DUE TO COVID

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij, who was admitted to Medanta hospital in Gurugram on Tuesday night after developing lung infection due to Covid-19, is likely to stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) for a few more days, said a senior health officer. Vij, 67, has been maintaining vital parameters on high flow oxygen support.

“Relevant investigations, including a CT scan, have been done and the results are satisfactory.

 His condition is stable and he is maintaining vital parameters on high flow nasal cannula on oxygen support,” he added.  The Health Minister has multiple comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, thyroid and heart disease. He had tested positive on December 5 and was admitted to the Civil Hospital in Ambala. On December 12, he was shifted to PGIMS, Rohtak, where he had undergone convalescent plasma therapy.

20 STUDENTS OF CLASSES 10, 12 TEST POSITIVE BEFORE SCHOOLS REOPEN

About twenty students tested positive for Covid-19 in Hisar, Rohtak and Jhajjar districts of Haryana when they underwent the mandatory health check-up before schools reopened for Classes 10 and 12 on December 14, officials said.  Last week, the State government decided to reopen schools for students taking the board exams this Monday and for students of Classes 9 and 11 on December 21.

The Haryana school education department asked students to submit a medical certificate before joining school. An education officer said, “Some students have been tested Covid-19 positive.

 We have started sanitisation and infected students are in home isolation.” He said that only those students who furnish the medical certificate will be allowed in school. Eighteen students of the Government Senior Secondary School in Hisar were found infected with coronavirus on December 12.